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chinatown. >>>san leandro police hope the sketch will lead to a suspect. three people were killed at a tattoo party over the weekend. the man is black with shoulder length dredlocks. he is 18 to 21 about 150 pounds and 5'7" tall. >>> right now an american foreign exchange student is flying back home after an italian appeals court overturned her murder conviction. matthew kante has reaction to that sudden freedom for amanda knox. >> reporter: pale and clearly under stress a manda knox was escorted for the last time into this perugia court to learn her fate. she had already spent nearly four years behind bars but was hoping for this. [ foreign language ] >> both defendants are acquitted of offenses under a, b, c because the offense didn't take place. and with regard to e, because it doesn't stand alone, we have overturned it. so we have ordered the immediate release from prison of knox, amanda, and [ indiscernible ] unless they have to be held for a different case. >> reporter: the 24-year-old from seattle had been set free. she was overcome with emotion, crying so much she could hardly

chinatown. >>> san leandro police hope the sketch will lead to a suspect. three people were killed at a tattoo party over the weekend. the man is black with shoulder length dredlocks. he is 18 to 21 about 150 pounds and 5'7" tall. >>> right now an american foreign exchange student is flying back home after an italian appeals court overturned her murder conviction. matthew kante has reaction to that sudden freedom for amanda knox. >> reporter: pale and clearly under...

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environmental report says because of the new construction here at portsmouth squareinchinatownmorethan 90% of the place will be in shadows on most winter mornings and that's 40% more than now. union square would be entirely in the shade by this new and existing building so only a few minutes per day. >> they ought to think carefully about diminishing sunlight in union square. >> i think you need to look at this in perspective. >> reporter: the planning director says there may be shadows but not too many nor too often. >> it really is a --in almost all cases a portion of the square or a portion of the park for a very short time of the day and for a very short time of the year. >> new york city in the 1920s learned to back off its buildings. it would be impenetrably dark anywhere midtown if they hadn't done that. >> reporter: which is among the reasons voters approved prop k in the '80s, which forces planners to look at buildings and shadows. that's why the study was done and now, why the debate. you notice they are still work at 6730. they work 2348 -- at 6:30. they work until 1 a.m. most

environmental report says because of the new construction here at portsmouth square in chinatown more than 90% of the place will be in shadows on most winter mornings and that's 40% more than now. union square would be entirely in the shade by this new and existing building so only a few minutes per day. >> they ought to think carefully about diminishing sunlight in union square. >> i think you need to look at this in perspective. >> reporter: the planning director says there...

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on stockton streetinchinatownandthey appear to be helping elderly voters understand the ballot. while it's unclear whether the video shows any obvious wrongdoing, some independent witnesses tell cbs 5 the ed heads crossed way over the line. >> one of the people wearing the shirts was marking a ballot. >> reporter: this afternoon district attorney's office tells cbs 5 he has opened a preliminary investigation. several other candidates have also called on the federal department of justice to investigate just how much help was being given these voters and whether the ed heads crossed the line into all-out voter fraud. >> this is an orchestrated, coordinated effort on the part of the interim mayor, ed lee, to basically steal an election. and i am particularly perturbed, disturbed and angry about that. >> reporter: just after he was endorsed by former mayor and now lieutenant governor newsom late this afternoon, mayor lee strongly denounced the group saying they are an independent expenditure organization completely unassociated with his campaign for mayor. >> district attorney or a

on stockton street in chinatown and they appear to be helping elderly voters understand the ballot. while it's unclear whether the video shows any obvious wrongdoing, some independent witnesses tell cbs 5 the ed heads crossed way over the line. >> one of the people wearing the shirts was marking a ballot. >> reporter: this afternoon district attorney's office tells cbs 5 he has opened a preliminary investigation. several other candidates have also called on the federal department...

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man attacked his own parents. >> reporter: at the woo family welfare associationinchinatownthenews hit hard. one of their senior members, dennis woo, was attacked. >> that's bad. >> reporter: stabbed repeatedly in his home in the 600 block of funston this morning. his wife was also stabbed. she died. dennis woo is recovering. >> i know the guy from china, he is aness guy, has a family. >> reporter: police say the sailant was the couple's 44- year-old son. when officers arrived they saw the son with knives in both hands moving aggressively toward the cops. an officer shot him with an extended range impact weapon. one that shoots beanbags. but that didn't even slow him down so the second cop shot and killed the suspect. >> it is clear this guy had serious intent to hurt the people in the house as well as the officers when they tried to save the victims. >> reporter: woo brought his family over from china decades ago and has been president of the woo family welfare association, a group that helps new immigration reset will in america. >> there were several really sweet families c

man attacked his own parents. >> reporter: at the woo family welfare association in chinatown the news hit hard. one of their senior members, dennis woo, was attacked. >> that's bad. >> reporter: stabbed repeatedly in his home in the 600 block of funston this morning. his wife was also stabbed. she died. dennis woo is recovering. >> i know the guy from china, he is aness guy, has a family. >> reporter: police say the sailant was the couple's 44- year-old son. when...

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chinatownforhundreds of dollars a pound but you won't be able to buy them here much longer. governor brown signed a law today banning the possession and sale of imported shark fins in california. in a statement he said, "the practice of cutting the fins off living sharks and dumping them back in the ocean is not only cruel but harms the health of ourtions. in the interest of future generations, i have signed this bill. >> i am disappointed. >> reporter: carl chan led an effort against the law saying animal rights groups have exaggerated the practice of shark finning. here's video from a group called wild aid that purports to show a shark that was left to die after his fin was cut off. >> saving animals are very noble but, you know, when you are only singling out and targeting the chinese-american community, this is discrimination. >> it's not a tradition, it's a practice. >> reporter: christopher chin supports the law. he says it's not discriminatory. in fact he said many chinese people are disavowing shark fins after they have heard the stories. >> i grew up eating shark fin soup an

chinatown for hundreds of dollars a pound but you won't be able to buy them here much longer. governor brown signed a law today banning the possession and sale of imported shark fins in california. in a statement he said, "the practice of cutting the fins off living sharks and dumping them back in the ocean is not only cruel but harms the health of ourtions. in the interest of future generations, i have signed this bill. >> i am disappointed. >> reporter: carl chan led an...